Students from Emerson, Juanita and Lake Washington high schools and International Community School visited Kirkland City Hall to learn from local elected officials, tour the building and attend a luncheon at the Kirkland Chamber of Commerce.

There are only 19 University of Washington (UW) Presidential Scholar awards to go around in Washington state. This year, three of those awards went to students in Lake Washington School District (LWSD).

Staff Immunization and Infectious/Communicable Diseases

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The board strongly urges school staff members, including volunteers, provide evidence of immunity against tetanus-diphtheria (TD) and measles, mumps and rubella (MMR). Staff members over thirty years of age need not provide evidence of immunity to measles; these individuals are considered naturally immune (to measles only).

In the event of an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease in school, the local public health officer has the authority to exclude from work a susceptible staff member who has not filed an immunization record with the district. Exemptions granted for religious or medical reasons or those without an acceptable immunization record on file may be excluded by the health department, as these staff are considered susceptible.

A staff member who has contracted a medically-diagnosed infectious/ communicable disease as listed in the current SPI Infectious Disease Control Guide may be excluded from school by order of the local public health officer. If the staff member has not been excluded from school by order of the local public health officer, he/she will be allowed to remain in his/her current position of employment unless he/she is physically and/or mentally unable to perform the duties of the job.

If the staff member is unable to continue in the current position because of his/her health, reasonable accommodations will be made. Accommodation is not reasonable if it poses undue financial or administrative burdens or fundamentally alters the job. If reasonable accommodation cannot be made, the employee may be excluded from work because his/her physical condition interferes with the performance of regular duties.

The board also authorizes the superintendent or his/her designee to provide training to all district employees regarding bloodborne pathogens as required in accordance with current Washington Industrial Safety & Health Act (WISHA) and Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) standards.

Statements about the district's legal role in providing public education and the underlying principles on which the district operates. The policies here provide a setting for all of the school board's other policies.

Policies about the school district management, the administrative structure and school building and department administration. Here, you will find the personnel policies that pertain to one the superintendent. See the Personnel section below for all other personnel policies.

Policies in this section govern non-instructional services and programs, including business management, such as safety, buildings and their management (not construction), transportation and food services.

The personnel policies are divided in three main subdivisions: topics that pertain to all employees; policies that pertain to professional personnel, including administrators, who must hold educational certification by the state to serve in their positions; and policies pertaining to all other personnel.

Policies concerning students are found here: admissions, attendance, rights and responsibilities, conduct, discipline and health and welfare services. Policies pertaining to the curriculum, instruction of students, and extracurricular programs are in the Instruction section.

This section governs the district's relationship with other education agencies: other school districts, regional or service districts, private schools, colleges and universities, educational research organizations and state and national education agencies.

The Lake Washington School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, gender, marital status, creed, religion, honorably discharged veteran, military status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability, or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal by a person with a disability, in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. Complete policy statement